The location isn’t the backdrop.
It’s the infrastructure.
Big Bear Lake pairs high altitude, world-class terrain, four-season adventure and a close-knit mountain community two hours from Los Angeles. Most altitude destinations offer one venue. Big Bear offers a full training geography — and NSA holds the relationships that unlock all of it.
Every feature of the mountain,
built into the platform.
These are not amenities listed on a brochure. Each one is a training venue NSA can actually put a team on, with the access and permitting already handled.
The Lake
A 2,971-acre alpine lake with room for thousands of uninterrupted meters — rowing, paddle, open-water swim and on-water recovery, all at 6,742 feet.
The Trails
Singletrack, fire road and alpine running networks climbing from the shoreline into the treeline — endurance volume without a single closed-road permit.
The Peaks
Ridgelines above 8,000 feet put the full adaptation band inside a single training day — live high, train low, without leaving the county.
The Access
Four international airports within two hours, sea level within one, and the LA28 Olympic footprint two and a half hours down the mountain.
An hour to sea level.
Two hours to the world.
Altitude is only useful if you can get to it, get down from it, and get to the start line from it. Big Bear is unusual in doing all three.
Ontario International
ONT sits directly at the base of the mountain — the practical arrival point for teams moving with freight and equipment.
LAX · SNA · SAN
Three further international gateways inside a two-hour transfer, which keeps international federation travel realistic.
The LA28 Footprint
The Olympic host city is a single drive down the mountain — close enough to be a genuine pre-Games base.
Operating Days
Four real seasons rather than a summer-only window, so camps can be scheduled against a competition calendar instead of the weather.
Athletes don't just need a gym at altitude — they need an entire environment that trains with them. That's what we're building in Big Bear: the facilities, the lake, the mountain, the town — one ecosystem, all pointed at performance.
Nicky Newms — Co-Founder, National Sports AllianceLet's build what's next.
Thirty minutes is the next step. Tell us who you're bringing, when, and what the training plan needs — we'll come back with what the mountain can do.
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Johnny Burnham · JB@NationalSportsAlliance.com
Nicky Newms · NN@NationalSportsAlliance.com